Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

Sailor, Olympic athlete

1968 –

34

Who is Nikolaos Kaklamanakis?

Nikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cádiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2000 Summer Olympics he took the 6th place, while in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel. Four years later, in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he finished 8th in the RS:X Men Sailing Race.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Aug 19, 1968
Athens
Nationality
  • Greece
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Nikolaos Kaklamanakis." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/nikolaos_kaklamanakis>.

Discuss this Nikolaos Kaklamanakis biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net